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擺駕
Mandarin: bai3 jia4
prepare an (imperial) carriage for depature
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擺鳥龍
Mandarin: bai3 niao3 long2
Simplified: 摆鸟龙
one commiting a mistake that benefits the opposition
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擺龍門陣
Mandarin: bai3 long2 men2 zhen4
chat; gossip; spin a yarn
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敗
Mandarin: bai4
Simplified: 败
to defeat | to damage | to lose (to an opponent) | to fail | to wither | to break (alliance | treaty) | to spoil | ruin | corrupt | defeated | spoilt | torn | rotten | faded | # adapted from cc-cedict
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敗兵折將
Mandarin: bai4 bing1 zhe2 jiang4
Simplified: 败兵折将
to suffer a major defeat resulting in the loss of many soldiers and generals
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敗壞
Mandarin: bai4 huai4
to ruin; corrupt; undermine
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敗家
Mandarin: bai4 jia1
Simplified: 败家
spending extravagantly and wasting one's family's financial resources
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敗家仔
Mandarin: bai4 jia1 zi3
Simplified: 败家仔
prodigal son (spoken)
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敗家精
Mandarin: bai4 jia1 jing1
Simplified: 败家精
prodigal person (spoken)
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敗德
Mandarin: bai4 de2
evil conduct
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敗數
Mandarin: bai4 shu4
Cantonese
probability of failure
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敗水軍師
Mandarin: bai4 shui3 jun1 shi1
Simplified: 败水军师
to describe someone who give others advice | help others to make plans but these always turn out to be unsuccessful
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敗火
Mandarin: bai4 huo3
relieve inflammation or internal heat
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敗筆
Mandarin: bai4 bi3
a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting; a faulty expression in writing
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敗血
Mandarin: bai4 xue4
Simplified: 败血
sepsis; septicemia; unfavourable for the qi and blood
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敗血病
Mandarin: bai4 xue4 bing4
Simplified: 败血病
noun; septicemia
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敗血症
Mandarin: bai4 xue4 [PRC] xie3 [TW] zheng4
septicemia
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敗訴
Mandarin: bai4 su4
lose a lawsuit
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敗退
Mandarin: bai4 tui4
retreat in defeat
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敗陣
Mandarin: bai4 zhen4
be defeated on the battlefield, be beaten in a contest
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敝
Mandarin: bi4
my (polite) | poor | ruined | shabby | worn out | defeated | to break | to destroy | broken | tattered | # adapted from cc-cedict
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敝公司
Mandarin: bi4 gong1 si1
my company [a self-deprecatory expression]
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敝姓
Mandarin: bi4 xing4
my surname is...[a self-deprecatory expression]
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敝屣
Mandarin: bi4 xi3
worn-out shoes; a worthless thing
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敝校
Mandarin: bi4 xiao4
my school [a self-deprecatory expression]
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敝處
Mandarin: bi4 chu4
my home [a self-deprecatory expression] | Also 寒舍
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斃命
Mandarin: bi4 ming4
to meet a violent death; be killed in a violent manner
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斌
Mandarin: bin1
variant of 彬 , meaning "refined; graceful"
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斑
Mandarin: ban1
spot | colored patch | stripe | spotted | striped | variegated | speckle | stain | a garoupa | # adapted from cc-cedict
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斑斑
Mandarin: ban1 ban1
full of stains or spots
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